Friday, January 13, 2012

10 Years at Guantánamo Bay

I note another sad anniversary in these days of endless war and the death throes of the Bill of Rights by reprinting a short but powerful piece from ThinkProgress.Manuel Ramos__________________________________________________________

The 10-year anniversary of the arrival of the first detainees at the military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, offers few opportunities for celebration. The prison has been described as “arguably the most expensive prison on earth” and human rights activists have voiced concerns about detainees’ lack of access to the U.S. court system and a steady stream of reports of abuse and torture. The 10-year history of the Guantánamo Bay detention camp can best be evaluated through the human and economic costs imposed on both the U.S. taxpayers and detainees. Here are some relevant numbers:

10 years since the first 20 detainees arrived at Guantánamo Bay’s Camp X-Ray

1 year, 11 months, 21 days since President Barack Obama’s deadline to close Gitmo

I did an interview for Corina Martinez Chaudhry of The LatinoAuthor.com. It should be posted on that site on Monday, January 16. The LatinoAuthor.com is a "forum that brings Published Authors, Emerging Latino Authors and Readers together." Check it out.